nz_MyCatalogue helps to create your own parametric library of extrudable profiles

Natale Zappia has developed nz_MyCatalogue, the newest sketchup extension that supports SketchUp 2016, SketchUp 2017, SketchUp 2018.

This sketchup extension is very useful for various industries like Architecture, Construction, Education, Engineering, Film & Stage, Gaming, Heavy Civil, Interior Design, Kitchen & Bath, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Woodworking etc.

nz_MyCatalogue facilitates the users to make their individual multifaceted parametric library of extrudable profiles.

Alike sketchup, nz_MyCatalogue facilitates to produce profiles ranging from as little input as

Profile Name
Width
Height
or through to the formation of complicated custom profiles

Apart from, it is also possible to add different parameters like:

DIRECTIONAL offset... Spacing elements at selected centers (adjustable to Centerline or Face offset)
LATERAL offset.... Assign spacings among wall elements (adjustable to Centerliine)
VERTICAL offset: eg overhead cupboards (adaptable to top face or underside measurements)
Overall Length limits
Custom colour of your own conception

At any point the parameters can be

overridden
updated or
temporarily created upon selection of the profile.

It is possible to select for each resultant object to either be a
group or
component

eitherway the object has drawn instances containing:
Instance names similar to it's library name
Similar axes corresponding to the object itself, it signifies that one can simply unite groups while transforming them into components (also refer to nz_ConvertMe).

This sketchup extension is available in extension warehouse extensions.sketchup.com

Watch online demonstration of the plugin.

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Rajib Dey
www.sketchup4architect.com
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Dulux Trade Digital Palette – The newest sketchup extension

Dulux Trade Digital Palette is the newest sketchup extension that supports sketchup 2017 and sketchup 2018.

This extension is very effective for Architecture, Construction, Education, Engineering, Film & Stage, Interior Design, Kitchen & Bath, Urban Planning.

The extension allows you to get access to most up-to-date Dulux colour collections and arrange color to design any project efficiently. Besides, the extension can be incorporated with your digital design software.

The software offers the following exclusive features :-

a. Full CP5 and Heritage colour collections
b. Filter colours through hue
c. Professionally chosen co-ordinating colours
d. Search colours with hue, colour code or name
e. Eyedropper tool matches prevailing scene colours to those in the Duluc collections

The extension is available in extension warehouse extensions.sketchup.com

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Rajib Dey
www.sketchup4architect.com
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Wall Thickness for 3D Printing

Wall thickness is necessary when you give your 3D model in print; otherwise, the 3D printer may not understand the thickness and thinness of the walls of your designs and print your model wrongly. So, it is the unwritten rule of designing 3D model in SketchUp to add wall thickness to your design. Paper-thin surfaces are strictly avoided for 3D printable models.

Setting the correct wall thickness needs your knowledge and proficient skills in designing. 3D printing materials and 3D models are two different subjects. The right wall thickness makes your 3D model print flawless, and it appears the same as you expect.

Choose the perfect wall for your 3D printing:

3D designing is an interesting field that grows rapidly in the world. This has made the craze for 3d printing materials used for various purposes. So, it is necessary to learn how to print a 3D model properly the way the design shows. In the designing software, you no need to work on the thickness surfaces to make your model. But when it comes to printing, it is an obligatory thing to add wall thickness. It helps 3D printer understand how thick of the surfaces are and print accordingly.

Wall thickness is defined as the distance between one surface and its opposite sheer surface. There are a few things that have an impact on choosing how much thickness you want for the surfaces. Materials would definitely come first in the list. The other factors that show a direct connection with the design are alignment, size and overall design.

A guide to proper 3D printing with the wall thickness:

Printing materials play definitely an important role, and depending on which, you can opt for the minimum thickness of your wall. It needs a basic knowledge of different printing materials. If your design needs strong materials like high detailed stainless steel or titanium, you can keep your wall thickness indeed thick as the materials allow you to do so.

The other factors are also there to watch on your 3D printing issue. Structure and design of your 3D models can be the decider of the wall thickness of the surfaces. For example, a print of vertical wall with 5mm2 wall surface needs 0.3mm wall thickness while a vertical wall with the 100mm2 wall surface needs 1mm thickness. If you are printing a horizontal wall with 100mm2 areas, then the wall thickness must be of 2mm. To set a proper wall thickness, you have to be correct while setting inputs like the size of the surface, the alignment (horizontal and vertical).

The materials like ceramics which are fragile need different attention from the strong and hard materials. The larger the model is, the stronger the structure must be – this is considered to be the general rule while printing on the comparatively fragile surface. For example, the ceramic model of 50 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm needs a minimum thickness of 3mm. a ceramic object with 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm has 6mm thickness for printable.

The other factors attached with 3D printing:

While preparing your model for 3D printing, you have to be very cautious while dealing with each factor of your design. The essential details are 

• It is common to give the primary attention on the wall with minimum thinness. But problems arise with the wall of maximum thickness. Thicker parts produce stress more than the thinner ones, resulting in a crack or break in the materials.
• To avert breaks on your print, it is always recommended to have an extra thickness of 5mm wall.

Your every design surface needs a recommended wall thickness to keep your model perfect for printing. It is an extraordinary process where you can visualize your virtual 3D models in real. So, having wall thickness is as much necessary as having a correct designing idea.

Article Source: i.materialise.com

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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Drawing basics on SketchUp – Edges and Faces

SketchUp is the easiest 3D software application that allows you to draw models flawlessly. The drawing basics involve a few interesting features and tools that help you understand how to sketch the model correctly. They are as simple as the uncomplicated a designing concept of 2D. Since the edges and faces play the primary roles, you have to understand the application of different tools concentrated on performing the same task. Learning them will keep you a step ahead to design the models without any obstacles. The content discusses lines, faces and inferences.

Drawing a line:

Drawing a line in SketchUp does not take your long time. It follows some simple steps and they are described below.

• Choose the line tool from the tool bar or press L. The cursor transforms into a pencil.
• Click on the starting point of the line on SketchUp.
• A line will follow when you move around the cursor.
• The measurement box displays the length of the line.
• The line you are drawing turns into a specific color (red, green or blue) as per the color of the axis it parallels with.
• Click the end point of your line. Remember, the end point can be a start point of a new line.

Creating a face:

A face on SketchUp creates with the assembling of lines or edges. It is a common kwon fact that faces are plain always. On the application, some faces remain in shading and some are opaque. This very characteristic represents the core design of 3D that distinguishes from the 2D part. Shapes can be rectangular, circle and polygon.

Dividing faces:

Dividing faces of model is as simple as you expect. Draw a line on the model and use the push pool tool to divide the face.

Opening in 3D shapes by erasing edges and faces:

Opening in 3D shapes is a must-know lesson that enhances your knowledge to design even the toughest models. You can use an erase tool to eliminate the lines and edges to create an opening. The steps below will help you.

• Select the erase tool.
• Click the edges that you want to erase.
• To erase a face, context-click on the face and choose the erase tool.

Lines and inferences:

Inferences are an associated tool that tells the cursor position in the line by different color dots and screen tip boxes. Hover your cursor around the model and you witness many inferences with different applications.

The drawing basics on SketchUp are based on the two basic characters of the application – edges and faces. To draw anything on Sketch, these two dominate your complete drawing.

Article Source: blog.sketchup.com

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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Christmas story in SketchUp

SketchUp is one of the most used software for 3D modeling and design tools across the world and SketchUp team works with a motto that is “SketchUp for everyone”. From their beginning they are continuously working to provide their users better and smarter experience in work than previous. With SketchUp and they have published so many tools that will be useful for designing and modeling.

As a result of their constant improvement now-a-days it has been using by hundreds of thousands of architects, engineers, contractors, woodworkers, artists and other people from various fields. The team is also working on SketchUp Pro, LayOut, Extension Warehouse and the 3D Warehouse for designing each and every little object from motion centers to treehouses and many more.

Christmas is one its way and celebrated by most of the people in world with cheerfulness that become a huge celebration all over the world. In the outer countries especially the winter countries have lots of plans for this grand day and the festive mood starts from the beginning of December and SketchUp’s offices are not behind from that celebration. TY Schalamon has created some wonderful LED-star lights for decorating Christmas trees and made the print out and designs of the LED star lights with the help of SketchUp.

TY Schalamon is a user of SketchUp and works as a member of the Knowledge Team who provide Technical Support for SketchUp. In his team he has to work on fixing problems of the users and try to improve the support system to provide better help to the users. This article is a brief of the work of Ty for the Christmas.

Ty thought to make some variations in Christmas tree this year and he started to draw his idea in Sketchup that resulted print out of a LED-lit star for the Christmas tree this year and discussed about that. He also uploaded those models of LED-lit star in the 3D Warehouse so that anyone can use them for decorating his/her Christmas tree.

The unique part of the printing is that the models should be printed at 0% filling and they don’t need any kind of support. Ty also made snowflakes in SketchUp and for them he used a SketchUp pattern component method and kept the sides of all the snowflakes same. On the base shape he used a dodecahedron and then raised the edges up to a fixed point for every star point.

Dodecahedron is term used in geometry which is like any polyhedron that has twelve flat faces, also has three meeting at each height and represented by the Schläfli symbol.

After fixing the edges of the stars he used Fredo6’s Joint Push Pull tool for fixing the thickness to a perfect size that should enough thin to not filling while printing but should be enough thick to be strong. After that he added a certain fit sized hole in the bottom of the LEDs and send through STL export into the slicer software to print.

Article Source: blog.sketchup.com



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Published By
Rajib Dey
www.sketchup4architect.com
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Eneroth De-DC-ify – The newest sketchup extension

Christina Eneroth is the developer of Eneroth De-DC-ify. This newest sketchup plugin is compatible with SketchUp 2016, SketchUp 2017, SketchUp 2018.

This plugin is suitable for different industries like Architecture, Construction, Education, Engineering, Film & Stage, Gaming, Heavy Civil, Interior Design, Kitchen & Bath, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Woodworking and Other.

Eneroth De-DC-ify cleanses Dynamic Components of their dynamicness and converts them into regular components. The role of the plugin is to safeguard your intellectual property prior to deliver a model with custom DCs to a client. It is also useful in case you do not prefer to use Dynamic Components and just would like imported components to perform as normal components.

Watch the following video for online demonstration of the plugin.

Access the plugin from Extensions > Eneroth De-DC-ify extensions.sketchup.com

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Rajib Dey

www.sketchup4architect.com

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